Our country is heading down a path to ruin

When Barack Obama was re-elected, the American people were sleep-walking because they ignored his first four years of failures in favor of his campaign rhetoric and his likeability. He continues to hang on to his seat by the use of hyperbole in his constant campaigning instead of acting like the leader he was elected to be. His prevarication of the true facts re: the economy, the employment situation, and constantly putting the blame on others bare witness to his true shortcomings.

In addition to his having the “bully pulpit,” his party protects him by voting for what is good for them vs. what is good for the country. Add to this, the bias of the news media and TV stations, all of which preach his fallacies to the public which buys in to his exaggerations that separate our people racially and economically, and you have a very discombobulated electorate.

Obama is nonaccepting of anyone not in accord with his decisions nor his philosophies of socialism even after knowing the failures of most of the socialistic European countries these days. He seems to listen to no one except himself. Along with making our defenses weak, he will weaken other areas critical to our nation.

So, I say to my fellow Americans, as I have written before, watch what he does, not what he says. Until Obama shows us he “truly” loves our country (which I doubt), he is leading us down the path of ruin into the pitfall of a foreign way of life.

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Do not be fooled by the success of the stock market. The money that abounds is being printed by the Fed with nothing to back it up.

As a person, he probably has some redeeming qualities, but until he shows he can lead and put the counry before his party, he has a lot to prove.

LEONARD TRAINES

West Chester

Should explore other ways

It is laudable that the West Chester Coalition for the Prevention of Gun Violence wants to discuss ways and means to prevent violence. The Chester County Libertarian Party wants to call their attention to Section 21, Right to Bear Arms, of the Pennsylvania Constitution:

“The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned.”

This is far more explicit than the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. So, if the coalition wants to explore confiscation of guns, or banning guns, or legislating broad registration requirements, it would best do so by trying to have the Commonwealth’s Constitution amended. Good luck with that, as most Pennsylvanians still recognize the right of self-defense is inherent in a free society and not a right that government can take away because a few misuse it.

Perhaps they should explore ways to toughen penalties on those who commit crimes with guns. Or to end the insane black market in recreational drugs that has thugs killing each other to protect their turf. Or to strengthen the moral code that says it is wrong for someone with a grudge, or who is envious of the possessions of another, to resort to violence to get what they want. The latter should be easy for the politicians who are supporting the coalition: Set a great example by ending forcible redistribution of material possessions from those who earned them to those who covet them.